Tag: zoo
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Never turn your back on big cats
The big cats are wild hunters and killing machines, even when held in captivity for a long time. See how these ones (lions, tigers, and all) behave once they notice that a possible pray is not looking. Ready for a kill at any time. Tame, you said?
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Unfair advantage
Sometimes, you believe you missed a step. Sometimes, you think you should have stayed at home. But, being a flightless bird, wandering into the tigers cage and start calling them names was a bad bad idea… If you know where it comes from, feel free to inform me (I found the photos on a Russian…
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King cheetah: Where to see one?
photo credit: jurvetson King cheetahs are not so exceptional that you can’t see them in zoos (but you may have to travel to meet them). I wondered if it was possible to list of zoos of the world which have at least one of them in exhibition. DeWildt Cheetah Research Centre, in South Africa. Kapama…
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The monkey and the tigers (Tale)
YouTube link The moral in the tale lies somewhere around the need to understand the difference between a big cat who does not climb (the tiger) and one that climbs routinely (the leopard). The monkey knew.
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Thief steals a lion
A car thief probably got the surprise of his life when he grabbed the light truck from a circus. No doubt he thought he had a good one, but he got more than he bargained for: a 5-year old lion, circus star armed with a set of teeth able to recover the last remnant of…
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Not only dogs open doors
This is what these visitors of the Lion Safari Park in Johannesburg (South Africa) learned while they were driving slowly in this wildlife park to admire some wild animals. But, this lion found how to open their Toyota’s door with its teeth. The driver had only a few seconds to understand that the best reaction…